//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 - Arriving // Story: Metroid, Displaced in Equestria // by Theyellowninja13 //------------------------------// As the fogginess in my mind clears up, I could hear voices. My eyes still wouldn’t open yet, but I could hear a young voice talking to another older voice. “Twilight, what is that thing?” I heard the younger voice ask. It sounded like a young child. “I don’t know, but it could be dangerous Spike. Can you go get the others and bring them here?” The older voice said, definitely female. I decide to finally try to open my eyes. When I managed open my eyes, everything appeared to be in a green tint. But that’s not what shocked me. What shocked me was the purple unicorn in front of me. “GAH!” I yell, backing up to the wall behind me. As I was backing up, I felt something wrong with my hand. I look down at my right hand to notice I couldn’t see it. All I saw instead was a familiar green arm cannon. I think back for a minute to remember why I was wearing this costume. But the strange thing is that the arm cannon looked like it was made of something else than what I made it out of. I looked back up to see the purple unicorn looking at me with curiosity. “What are you?” I flinched back as she said that. I would have thought someone else said it if I didn’t watch her move her mouth while the words came out. But that brought the question to my mind, where am I? I was quickly thinking through all the possibilities of where I was at. Throughout my life, my father has taken me to almost every part of Earth, but this place feels different that Earth. It feels like there is something in the air, like… magic. Could I be in an alternate universe? That would be the only thing that makes sense. I look back at the pony, before trying to stand up. Once I succeeded in standing up, I decided to answer her question. “I’m a human. May I ask what are you?” The pony flinched back that time. “You can speak?” She asked, flabbergasted. “And so can you. Now can you please tell me where I’m at. I feel like I’m no longer on Earth.” She looked confused. “What’s Earth? This is Equestria.” Equestria? Like as in horses? “Earth is my home planet, I guess. Never thought I would say that.” I said with a chuckle. “Now not to be rude, but perhaps some introductions are in order. My name is Samuel Aran. What’s yours?” Dad always did tell me to be polite. “I’m Twilight Sparkle.” She answered. “Now can you please explain why you just appeared in my house all of a sudden!” “I don’t know. All I know is that I was attending a con, and some merchant called me over and showed me his wares. He had some decent stuff, but what caught my eye was a symbol from the video game the character I’m dressed up as is from. Next thing I know after buying it was that I passed out and woke up here.” Twilight seemed intrigued by this. “Why are you wearing that armor anyway?” She asked, pulling over a note pad. “Like I said, I was attending a convention. People usually dress up in costumes for one. I decided to dress up as my favorite video game character, Samus Aran. Normally she’s a female, but I cared more about the suit because of how awesome it is. Now I can imagine what you’re gonna say, something about how my name is similar to hers. My parents just named me like that, so it’s kinda a coincidence a game came out a few years later with a character of a similar name.” I finished talking, before taking a deep breath. I always got too talkative when asked about my costume. Before Twilight said anything, the door to the house burst open, and a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane, followed by an orange pony with no extra characteristics entered the house, first looking at Twilight, then at me. Immediately, the blue pegasus fly right at me, slamming into my chest. I expected to be in pain and my costume broken, but what surprised me was that my costume almost seemed to be powering up. I looked over to the pegasus to see her clutching her hooves. I looked around for the orange pony, finding her when I fell over, because a rope was tied around my legs. Before she could tie the rest of me, I pointed my arm cannon at the rope next to my feet, and somehow fired a ball of energy that destroyed the rope. In the zone, having almost no control over my actions, I flipped off the ground, charging up my arm cannon, before pointing it at the orange pony. She looked scared as if she was going to die. Before I did anything, I decided to ask Twilight. “Twilight, do you know these two?” “Yes, they’re my friends, please don’t hurt them!” Twilight cried out. At her request and my judgement, I put down my arm cannon, shutting off the power flow to it. After I did that, everyone took a deep breath. I decided to speak up first. “Sorry if I hurt or scared either of you.” They both looked confused. “You attacked me first, and I thought you were going to hurt either of us, so I went on the offensive.” The orange pony just nodded. “I can understand that. I would probably do the same thing too.” The orange pony replied with a southern accent. “My name’s Applejack.” She held out her hoof, which I would have shaken with my right hand, but I had to use my left. “Samuel Aran, but you can just call me Sam.” After shaking, I pointed my head to the other pony. “Is she gonna be alright?” “Yeah, Rainbow will be fine. But that is some mighty strong armor you got there.” How do they all know I have armor on? “And you were able to destroy my rope like that. I don’t know many creatures, but I haven’t seen anything like you before.” “I’m a human. I think I’m from a different universe, and somehow my costume became real.” I said with a smile, that probably isn’t visible behind my helmet. Wait, my helmet. I decide to pay a bit of attention to my visor, which appears to have gotten a HUD similar to the Metroid Prime games. Though the interesting thing was all the gear I have. I decided to go through it later, because the other pony is recovering. Instead of talking, this one kept on flying into me, slamming into my helmet and all over my armor. “WHY WON’T YOU GO DOWN!” She yelled, until she was covered in a purple light, and was pulled over to Twilight, whose horn is glowing with the same light. Makes sense that a unicorn could use magic. “Rainbow! Don’t treat our guest like that! He’s stuck in a place he doesn’t know!” This Rainbow looked like she was about to complain. “Now say you’re sorry!” “I’m sorry.” She said, saying the last part softly. Twilight was about to tell her to say it louder, but I cut her off. “It’s okay, I forgive you. Let’s let bygones be bygones.” I held out my left hand for her to shake, which she reluctantly looked at for a second before shaking it back. “I’m Sam Aran.” “Rainbow Dash, Fastest pony in all of Equestria!” She boasted. “Wow Sam, you’re really forgiving.” Twilight pointed out. I just shrugged. “My father taught me to forgive those that hurt me. It would be better to make friends with your enemies, than just let them hurt you more.” “Your father sounds like a wise man.” I nodded my head. “Yeah he was. He was the one who individually made our family’s fortune. He never forgot his roots and raised me to care for others. He died last year.” I said solemnly. “I’m sorry to hear that Sam. I know what it’s like, losing your family. I lost my parents when I was a little filly, and now all I have left is my brother and little sister, and my granny.” Applejack said sympathetically. My stomach growled before we could say anything else. I let out a little laugh. “I guess I’m hungry. Is there any good place to eat nearby?” I asked. “We could try to go to Sugarcube Corner. One of our friends works there, and she would be happy to meet somepony new.” Twilight mentioned. “Sounds good.” The door slammed open and a small creature walked in. “Twilight!” He took a couple of breaths. “I-got-AJ-and-Rainbow-Dash.” He almost fell down, but I caught him. I looked down to see him sleeping. “Is this the other voice I heard when I woke up?” I looked to Twilight. “Yes, that’s Spike, he’s my number one assistant!” She said proudly. “What is he?” I said, fearing the answer. “He’s a dragon.” I almost flinched back, but I had to tell myself that he isn’t Ridley. “You okay sugarcube?” Applejack asked. “Yeah, it’s just that when I woke up in this universe, I felt much different than normal. I feel like I also became Samus, except for the looks and the gender. And Samus Aran’s family was murdered by a purple space dragon named Ridley.” They all looked shocked and disgusted at that. Though Applejack and Rainbow just looked confused. While explaining to the two ponies about what I know, Twilight took Spike upstairs to his bed. After she came back, we all left the building, heading to a place called Sugarcube Corner. While double checking my plans, I felt a disturbance in the town those weak ponies call Ponyville. I used my magic to create an orb to let me see what was going on. What I saw only slightly shocked me. "So, the Hunter appears." I dispelled the magic, before sending a message to my minions in space. "No matter. He will not stand a chance against my master plan." I sent a few more bursts of magic out, making sure my control over key ponies is still strong. While doing so, I started laughing. "Yes! Soon all of the world will be mine! And it shall fall to darkness!"